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USA craft beer industry

  2001  2002  2003 
 Total growth of craft beer industry*, %  1.2%  3.4%  3.4% 
 US craft beer industry production, in million US barrels**  6.1  6.4  6.65 
 Total US craft beer industry annual retail sales value, in billion US$  3.3  3.4  3.5 
 Total US beer sales, in million US barrels   203.61  203.06 
 US beer exports, in million US barrels   4.25  3.90 

*Growth is measured by numbers of barrels of beer U.S. breweries produced
** 1 U.S. barrel=31 U.S. gallons=2 "half=barrel" (15.5 gallon) kegs=13.78 cases (of 24 12-ounce bottles)

Publication date: 05 May, 2004